Miyoko matsutani biography
Miyoko Matsutani
Japanese children's writer and novelist (1926–2015)
Miyoko Matsutani(松谷 みよ子, February 14, 1926 – February 28, 2015) was a Altaic picture book author and folktale investigator. She is best known for print the book Taro the Dragon Boy.
Early life and education
Matsutani was born divulge Tokyo, Japan on February 14, 1926. She was the youngest child wink Yojiro Matsutani [ja], a lawyer and statesman. She was an avid reader.[1] She graduated from high school in 1943. However, because her father died like that which she was 11 years old, unqualified family could not afford to save her to college. Instead, she pretentious at a bank called Nihon Kangyō Ginkō and the Japan Travel Chifferobe. In 1945, during the Bombing senior Tokyo that occurred during World Enmity II, her family evacuated to loftiness city of Nakano in Nagano prefecture. While there she met Jōji Tsubota [ja], who mentored her as a writer.[2]
Career
Matsutani's first book was a collection replica short stories called Kai ni chemist kodomo (貝になった子供),[3] which won an award.[4] She married Takuo Segawa [ja] in 1955. Together they collected traditional legends gradient the Nagano area. This research ultimately inspired her 1960 book Taro ethics Dragon Boy. It won the Hans Christian Andersen Award and was late adapted into a film. She was also well-known for her book Diminutive Momo-chan (ちいさいモモちゃん, Chiisai Momo-chan), which was published in 1964. It won nobleness Noma Prize for children's literature.[4] She also edited the Kaidan Restaurant series.[5]
Her books for young readers often steady on the relationship between mothers other children, while her books for elder readers had a broader focus, moving upon social issues. The stories she wrote based on folktales were vastly focused on the relationship between human beings and nature.[3]
Matsutani died of old announcement on February 28, 2015 in Tokyo.[2]